Recent reports in the media wron\u00adgly alle\u00adged that bad actors had inser\u00adted a mali\u00adcious chip or other hard\u00adware on our pro\u00adducts during our manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring process.<\/p>\n
Becau\u00adse the secu\u00adri\u00adty and inte\u00adgri\u00adty of our pro\u00adducts is our hig\u00adhest prio\u00adri\u00adty, we under\u00adtook a tho\u00adrough inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon with the assis\u00adtance of a lea\u00adding, third-par\u00adty inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons firm. A repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve sam\u00adple of our mother\u00adboards was tes\u00adted, inclu\u00adding the spe\u00adci\u00adfic type of mother\u00adboard depic\u00adted in the artic\u00adle and mother\u00adboards purcha\u00adsed by com\u00adpa\u00adnies refe\u00adren\u00adced in the artic\u00adle, as well as more recent\u00adly manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adred motherboards.<\/p>\n
Today, we want to share with you the results of this test\u00ading: After tho\u00adrough exami\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and a ran\u00adge of func\u00adtion\u00adal tests, the inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons firm found abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly no evi\u00addence of mali\u00adcious hard\u00adware on our motherboards.<\/p>\n
The\u00adse fin\u00addings were no sur\u00adpri\u00adse to us. As we have sta\u00adted repea\u00adted\u00adly<\/a>, our pro\u00adcess is desi\u00adgned to pro\u00adtect the inte\u00adgri\u00adty and relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of our pro\u00adducts. Among other safeguards:<\/p>\n We app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte the indus\u00adtry sup\u00adport regar\u00adding this mat\u00adter from many of our cus\u00adto\u00admers, like Apple and AWS<\/span>. We are also gra\u00adteful for num\u00ade\u00adrous seni\u00ador govern\u00adment offi\u00adci\u00adals, inclu\u00adding repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves of the Depart\u00adment of Home\u00adland Secu\u00adri\u00adty, the Direc\u00adtor of Natio\u00adnal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence, and the Direc\u00adtor of the FBI<\/span>, who ear\u00adly on appro\u00adpria\u00adte\u00adly ques\u00adtio\u00adned the truth of the media reports.<\/p>\n As we have sta\u00adted repea\u00adted\u00adly sin\u00adce the\u00adse alle\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons were repor\u00adted, no govern\u00adment agen\u00adcy has ever infor\u00admed us that it has found mali\u00adcious hard\u00adware on our pro\u00adducts; no cus\u00adto\u00admer has ever infor\u00admed us that it found mali\u00adcious hard\u00adware on our pro\u00adducts; and we have never seen any evi\u00addence of mali\u00adcious hard\u00adware on our products.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s announce\u00adment should lay to rest the unwar\u00adran\u00adted accu\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons made about Supermicro\u2019s mother\u00adboards. We know that many of you are also addres\u00adsing the\u00adse issues with your own cus\u00adto\u00admers. To assist in tho\u00adse con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons, we have pre\u00adpared a short video<\/a> that high\u00adlights our qua\u00adli\u00adty assu\u00adrance process.<\/p>\n We app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte your pati\u00adence as we have dili\u00adgent\u00adly con\u00adduc\u00adted a tho\u00adrough inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon into the reports. We are tru\u00adly proud of the secu\u00adri\u00adty, inte\u00adgri\u00adty, and qua\u00adli\u00adty of our pro\u00adducts. And we are proud to stand by our pro\u00adducts. Plea\u00adse cont\u00adact our team if you have any questions.<\/p>\n Sin\u00adce\u00adre\u00adly, David Weig\u00adand Raju Pen\u00adumat\u00adcha\n
\nCharles Liang
\nPre\u00adsi\u00addent &<\/span> CEO<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSVP<\/span> and Chief Com\u00adpli\u00adance Officer<\/p>\n
\nSVP<\/span> and Chief Pro\u00adduct Officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"